A Brief History of Ancient Greece

Politics, Society, and Culture

Description

Written by five leading authorities on the classical world, A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, Third Edition, is a shorter version of the authors' highly successful Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History, Third Edition (OUP, 2011). It offers a captivating account of Greek civilization and history in all its complexity and variety, covering the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era.

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* New! Extensively revised coverage of early Greece by new coauthor David Tandy

A Brief History of Ancient Greece

Politics, Society, and Culture

Table of Contents

List of MapsTranslations Used by PermissionPrefaceTimelineINTRODUCTION Sources: How We Know about the Ancient GreeksRetrieving the Past: The Material RecordRetrieving the Past: The Written RecordA Synopsis of Written Sources by PeriodsThe Physical Context: The Land of GreeceI. EARLY GREECE AND THE BRONZE AGE Greece in the Stone AgesGreece in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages (c. 3000-1600 BC)Greece and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1200 BC)II. THE "DARK AGE" OF GREECE AND THE EIGHTH-CENTURY "RENAISSANCE" (c. 1200-750/700 BC) Decline and Recovery (c. 1200-900 BC)Revival (c. 900-750 BC)Homeric SocietyThe End of the Dark Age (c. 750-700 BC)III. ARCHAICGREECE (c. 750/700-480 BC) The Formation of the City-State (Polis)Government in the Early City-StatesThe Colonizing MovementEconomic and Social Divisions in the Archaic PoleisHesiod: The View from BelowThe Hoplite ArmyThe Archaic Age TyrantsThe Arts and SciencesPanhellenic InstitutionsRelations Among StatesIV. SPARTA The Dark Age and the Archaic PeriodThe Spartan SystemDemography and the Spartan EconomySpartan GovernmentThe Peloponnesian LeagueHistorical Change in SpartaThe Spartan MirageV. THE GROWTH OF ATHENS AND THE PERSIAN WARS Athens from the Bronze Age to the Early Archaic AgeThe Reforms of SolonPisistratus and His SonsThe Reforms of CleisthenesThe Rise of PersiaThe Wars Between Greece and PersiaVI. THE RIVALRIES OF THE GREEK CITY-STATES AND THE GROWTH OF ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY The Aftermath of the Persian Invasions and the Foundation of a New LeagueNew Developments in Athens and SpartaThe "First" (Undeclared) Peloponnesian War (460-445 BC)Pericles and the Growth of Athenian DemocracyLiterature and ArtOikos and PolisThe Greek EconomyVII. GREEK LIFE AND CULTURE IN THE FIFTH CENTURY Greece After the Thirty Years' PeaceThe Physical Space of the Polis: Athens in the Fifth CenturyIntellectual Life in Fifth-Century GreeceHistorical and Dramatic Literature of the Fifth CenturyCurrents in Greek Thought and EducationThe Breakdown of the PeaceResources for WarVIII. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR The Archidamian War (431-421 BC)The Rise of ComedyBetween Peace and WarThe Invasion of Sicily (415-413 BC)The War in the Aegean and the Oligarchic Coup at Athens (413-411 BC)The Last Years of War (407-404 BC)IX. The Fourth Century: Changing Ideas, Continuing Warfare Oligarchy at Athens: The Thirty TyrantsThe Trial of Socrates (399 BC)The Fourth Century: Changing Ideas, Continuing WarfareLaw and Democracy in AthensThe Fourth-Century PolisPhilosophy and the PolisX. PHILLIP II AND THE RISE OF MACEDON Early MacedonMacedonian Society and KingshipThe Reign of Philip IIPhilip's Plans for GreeceXI. ALEXANDER THE GREAT Consolidating PowerFrom Issus to Egypt: Conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean (332-331 BC)From Alexandria to Persepolis: The King of Asia (331-330 BC)The High Road to India: Alexander in Central AsiaIndia and the End of the DreamReturn to the WestThe Achievements of AlexanderXII. THE NEW WORLD OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD The Struggle for the SuccessionThe Regency of PerdiccasThe Primacy of Antigonus the One-EyedBirth Pangs of the New Order (301-276 BC)The Polis in the Hellenistic WorldThe Macedonian KingdomsHellenistic SocietyAlexandria and Hellenistic CultureSocial Relations in the Hellenistic WorldEpilogueGlossaryArt and Illustration CreditsIndex

A Brief History of Ancient Greece

Politics, Society, and Culture

Reviews and Awards

"Authoritative, clear, and coherent. The authors' prose is mercifully free of jargon, engaging, and moves steadily forward. An excellent textbook for a one-semester survey of Greek history."--Lawrence Okamura, University of Missouri-Columbia

"An excellent and affordable textbook."--Andrew Nichols, University of Florida